ON WORKING WITH ACTORS - THE SPINE

I posted this video before on the blog as part of a long tribute to Sidney Pollack. Now, as you prepare to work with actors, with Sidney using the terms we've been using for the past 4 weeks, I thought it might mean more.

Also, and surprisingly it offers an example of the teacher/student "in role" method of learning that I use on occasion and that can be a bit disconcerting, just as it was to me, at that time.

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"The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king."

WRITING AND DIRECTING CHARACTERIZATION

"Characterize by giving humans characteristics we attribute to animals."

- Elia Kazan

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"The play's the thing wherein I'll catch the conscience of the king."